Vaera
God reassured Moshe that He will keep His promise to the forefathers to bring the nation into the Land of Cana’an (Israel). God heard the crying out of the enslaved…
Shemot
The Torah names the sons of Yaakov who came down to Egypt. Yosef’s death is recorded again. His brothers also died. The nation increased in number. A new Pharaoh came…
Vayechi
Yaakov had been in Egypt for 17 years and was 147 years old. Knowing that he would soon die, he asked Yosef to take an oath to bury him in…
Vayigash
22 years after Yosef, they faced the prospect of their father Yaakov ‘losing’ another one of his sons, Binyamin. Yehuda approached Yosef, recounting Yosef’s demand to see Binyamin and Yaakov’s…
Mikeitz
Pharaoh dreamt that he was by the River Nile, where seven healthy cows emerge. Seven lean cows followed them out of the river and consumed them. Pharaoh then dreamt about…
Vayeishev
Yaakov settled in the Land of Cana’an (Israel). His son with Rachel, Yosef, brought negative reports to him about the sons of Leah, his half-brothers. Yaakov gave Yosef a woollen…
Vayishlach
Yaakov sent angels to inform his brother Esav that he is returning home, after decades away. Yaakov’s message offered Esav the chance to make peace, while conveying Yaakov’s own strength.…
Vayeitzei
On Yaakov’s journey to Charan, he fell asleep and dreamt of a ladder resting on the ground and reaching up to heaven, with angels ascending and descending. God is at…
Toledot
Yitzchak, aged 60, prayed for his wife Rivka to have a child. Rivka conceived twins and is told prophetically that the two children will father two separate nations. Esav is…
Chayei Sarah
Sarah died aged 127, in Hebron. After eulogising Sarah, Avraham negotiated with the head of the local Hittites, Efron, in order to purchase a burial plot for Sarah, the Cave…